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Hi! I hope you got in! I did not, and while I am disappointed because ODU was my first choice for its programs, I am also disappointed in how it went. The committee didn't get my academic writing sample although it was and is on the site with everything else. Grad Admissions compiles it all and gives it to the committee. I sent them a note with the document copied from their site and noted that the document was and is on their site. I asked if I would be reconsidered and was told no, that all decisions are final even though they rejected me based on a "missing" document that was there all along. So I guess I will go to one of the others. The whole thing is upsetting but I really hope you got in and that you have a wonderful experience there! Take care!

Thank you for your reply and update! I appreciate it! Maybe we should take turns worrying! My fingernails also are bitten as far as they can be bitten, and the start of April also gave me more reason to worry along with even shorter fingernails! I like all of the different programs they offer, and want to start TODAY! HA but true!!! I wish you the best, too, and also hope we get to meet in the fall! If it is not too personal to ask here--and if so, please don't worry about not responding--, would you be in the traditional classrooms there or through the distance option? I would be distance but that's no obstacle to being friends (or learning!), of course! Anyway, GOOD LUCK and if you ever need a break from worrying, let me know and I'll worry for us both for a while! Thanks again!

Has anyone heard from Old Dominion's Ph.D. English program? I have realized anew that I am an Olympic-class worrier! I think I could check the admission site in the dark, in my sleep, with a fox, in a box, on a train, in the rain, and possibly while eating green eggs and ham (well, maybe not since I don't eat meat...)...ACK! Thank you for any information!